Nan Goldin Quotes
I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I haven't leaked anything to anybody. They are wrong!
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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I am not ever in the business of making anyone feel bad.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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As someone who works from home, my top style tip is to make sure you get dressed in the morning.
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It's important to ask candidates about their beliefs, in part because politicians frequently exploit religious faith - often with the idea that voters will be more likely to unthinkingly accept certain political positions so long as they arise from religious belief.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.
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I grew up in poverty on the edge of a golf course. I saw how people lived on the other side of the tracks, the upper crust and the WASPs at the country club. We had chickens and pigs in our yards. We butchered every year. I'll never forget those things.
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We can't avoid that our daily and intimate manner of speaking is sometimes rough.
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You help families focus on the future through their children.
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I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.
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I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.
